Resection of a giant right atrial angiosarcoma invading the atrioventricular groove

Mohamed Alassal,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.13099

Mohamed Alassal¹, Mohamed Koudieh², Fahad Alghofaili², Abdulfattah Alasfar²

¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
²King Fahad Medical City, King Salman Heart Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2016.13099

Cardiac angiosarcomas are the most commonly seen primary malignant tumors of the heart. They usually present abruptly with non-specific symptoms after being asymptomatic for a long period. Metastases are frequently present at the time of diagnosis, which limit the indication of surgical resection to the minority of patients. In this report, we describe a 28-year-old male case with a non-metastatic giant primary right atrial angiosarcoma, who underwent successful surgical excision of the tumor and reconstruction of the right atrium with a bovine pericardial patch.

Keywords : Angiosarcoma; cardiac tumors; obstruction syndrome; superior/inferior vena cava

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